Without government subsidies to the wind industry,there is no wind industry.

Many residents of North East township are just finding out about the proposed wind turbine project that could place as many as 50 to 75 of the giant, 500 foot tall turbines in an area bounded by I90 and Townline Road with some sections as far north as Sidehill Road. If you are one of […]

Wind turbines, if they are to be built anywhere, should be placed in very sparsely populated areas because many of the most disruptive effects of having turbines nearby can be reduced simply by placing them far away from people, but developers are trying to move into areas, like North East township, where residential communities are […]

File this under the heading of “Hmm, … I never thought about that.” Did you know that wind turbines occasionally catch fire? It isn’t something you see every day, we hope, but as the photos here illustrate, they sometimes do. In any normal situation, when you see something ablaze, you call the fire department and […]

Until the wind turbines are installed at any location, it’s difficult to imagine what the completed project will look like. Our best clue is to look at installations in other communities around the country. Both New York and Wisconsin have had turbines installed in close proximity to populated areas, not an ideal situation, but it’s […]

The wind turbine project proposed for North East Township seems to be pushing forward and very few residents know much about it and they certainly aren’t familiar with the experience others have had in communities where the turbines were installed. The following series of videos documents what has happened in Wisconsin. As in North East, […]

Wind power… it’s sustainable … it burns no fossil fuels…it produces no air pollution. What’s more, it cuts down dependency on foreign oil. That’s what the people of Meredith, in upstate New York first thought when a wind developer looked to supplement the rural farm town’s failing economy with a farm of their own — […]

Sometimes, only a photo will do. The wind turbine shown here is 500 feet tall installed on a farm in Wisconsin and just like the ones proposed for North East township. Most of us are familiar with the size of a farm silo so this photo may begin to give you a sense of what […]

Your North East Township planning board and township supervisors are currently considering regulations affecting the placement of 500 foot tall, utility scale wind turbines in the township. The exact number of turbines that will be constructed if this project proceeds has not been determined, but estimates by the people involved range from 50 to 75. […]

Most of us are not personally familiar with utility scale wind turbines, the sort of turbine being proposed for North East. Over the last several years, turbines have grown in height and rotor diameter and these turbines now have an overall height, from the base of the tower to the tip of the blade at […]

If you’re interested in the wind turbine project currently being proposed for North East Township, Pennsylvania, especially if you’re wondering about the effects of having such a large number of 500 foot tall wind turbines so close to our homes and community, this is the place to find out more. Our purpose is to provide […]

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The less you know about wind energy, the more you'll like it.

Wind energy runs on tax credits

"I will do anything that is basically covered by the law to reduce Berkshire's tax rate, for example, on wind energy, we get a tax credit if we build a lot of wind farms. That's the only reason to build them. They don't make sense without the tax credit."~ Warren Buffett - from interview with Fortune magazine

Wind investments and high cost green energy

“I’m in the wind business … I’ve lost my ass in the business. ... Hey, we can get on everything green. We can get on everything renewable. Then the cost of power will go up ten times."~ T. Boone Pickens - on Morning Joe on MSNBC

Wind Turbine Map

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The complete map of all of the wind turbines proposed by Pioneer Green Energy in Erie County, PA and filed with the FAA. Plans not yet filed are not shown.